Despite their pledge not to seek top office, the Muslim Brotherhood recently nominated their chief strategist and financier Khairat el-Shater as candidate for Egypt's first president since Hosni Mubarak. The Muslim Brotherhood, the largest political opposition organization that was outlawed until recently, has such a large grassroots following that Shater immediately became the front runner in the race. ... If Shater does win the election, the Muslim Brotherhood will gain control of the presidency, the Parliament, and the committee writing the new constitution (Kirkpatrick). ... Alth...

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Radical Islam always seems to be a problematic topic to discuss, as Muslims are usually seen as a minority. ... Christians slaughtered Muslims in great numbers, and Muslims slaughtered Christians in great numbers. ... But all of these problems come from the past what is the problem with radical Islam now. ... Radical Islam has so many problems and issues under its belt. ... The rest of the world shouldn't have to answer for Islam's mistakes Islam should....

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This is a contentious case to attempt to save Islam from criticism by banning to state ideas. ... The meaning of blasphemy slightly ranges to the Christianity and to the Islam. ... However by acting violently, Muslim people are giving a loaded gun to the critics[ CITATION Has11 l 1055 ]. ... Lately a youtube video that mocked Islam drew controversies to establish an international blasphemy law by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation [ CITATION Dan12 l 1055 ]. ... As an example there is a massive difference between saying Islam is offensive and all Muslims are offensive. ...

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The US is thus directly responsible for the resurgence of anti- Western Islamic Fundamentalism. ... Not only did it contribute directly to propagating Islamic Fundamentalism, but also by helping to defeat and crush the Left and progressive nationalism throughout the Islamic world, it freed up the space for political Islam as the only ideological and organizational expression of popular resentment. ... Although the contrary is seen as the US definite purpose was to create a monster (ME regimes) by assembling the elements produced by the decomposition of various Muslim societies to carry out th...

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Similar happens appear in Islam and Muslim-run nations, but it took a similar amount of time from creation of the religion, as Christianity did to begin. We are just now seeing the abuse of power from the mujahid, who are Muslim extremists. ... Some could argue that Islam was a factor in the attacks on the Byzantine Empire, but it is clear that under the word of Allah that present-day mujahid are committing acts of terror, due to their religious-extremist views. ...

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And terrorists "are Islamic extremists aggregating in the Middle Eastern and North African regions; devising plans to wreak terror in the lives of innocent people. ... Especially "in countries that possesses a vast number of "extremist- Islamic Militants, as Egypt does. ... In order to achieve this restoration, the United States should expand inquiries on intelligence in predominantly Arabian-Muslim-oriented various regions. ...

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While it is mostly practiced in muslim countries, some may be surprised that it's not isolated to such areas; rather, it has been reported in lower Africa and Asia as well, where the muslim religion is much harder to find among the local inhabitants. ... There are no figures to show how common female genital mutilation is in Asian countries, but the practice has been reported in Muslim countries such as Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia. ...

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It will look at the way Muslims and Arabs have been portrayed in different media outlets. ... As such, it will focus on how the media uses imagery to manipulate our understandings of Muslim and Arab culture as an example of how the media shapes our views on identity. ... An argument towards this view can be made when looking at the way Arabs and Muslims have been stereotypically portrayed by the film industry, without opposition (Shaheen, 2009; 36). Shaheen's studies of nine hundred films shows the way Arabs and Muslims have been negatively portrayed by Hollywood (2009; 3). ... Altern...

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In many families, any male relative, whether it be a father, brother, uncle, or even cousin, has the right to kill a female relative if he believes that she has dishonored the family by committing adultery, having a relationship with another male, being too independent, wanting to choose her own husband, refusing to wear the Islamic veil, wanting an independent career, and refusing to marry her cousin. ... Since Islam is the dominant religion in Arab societies and it is responsible for assigning the female the role of honor carrying, then this phenomenon has spread across the entire Arabic reg...

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Some characteristics of this revolutionary movement are the key role of social media, difference of results in monarchies and dictatorial political setups, and the containment of the dissent to the Muslim world. ... Some issues apparent in all of these countries include economic problems, the role of Islam in the political system, security concerns, and a lack of experience with democracy. ... It seems that in the given reality in the Arab countries, the real potential power is in the hands of different Islamic organizations. Their possible integration into future governments, at the very leas...

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In a proclamation distributed in Arabic, Napoleon declared that he was a defender of Islam, come to liberate the Egyptians from tyranny. He took advantage of the fact that most revolutionary French soldiers were deists or atheists to suggest that this meant they were in fact "Muslims" - "with a small 'm,' " as Cole points out - because their rejection of the Trinity meant they had "submitted to the one God....

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Chapter One ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT OF CASTE It seems necessary at the outset to point out the specific features of the caste system, in order more clearly to bring out the difference in social structure which has always existed between Europe and Africa. The originality of the system resides in the fact that the dynamic elements of society, whose discontent might have engendered revolution, are really satisfied with their social condition and do not seek to change it: a man of so- called "inferior caste" would categorically refuse to enter a so- called "superior" one....

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